Michel Picard

Michel Picard
Position	Left wing
Shoots	Left
Height Weight	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 190 lb (86 kg)
Teams	Hartford Whalers San Jose Sharks Ottawa Senators St. Louis Blues Edmonton Oilers Philadelphia Flyers Grand rapids griffins
Nationality	Canadian
Born	(1969-10-07)October 7, 1969, Beauport, PQ, CAN
NHL Draft	178th overall, 1989 Hartford Whalers
Pro Career	1990 – 2009

Michel Picard (born November 7, 1969 in Beauport, Quebec) is a professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League with the Hartford Whalers, San Jose Sharks, Ottawa Senators, St. Louis Blues, Edmonton Oilers, and Philadelphia Flyers. He last played for Thetford Mines Prolab in the LNAH.

Playing career

Picard began his career playing for Trois-Rivières Draveurs in the QMJHL, where he established himself as a scoring force who was also tough and hard hitting. His final year there he scored 140 points in 66 games. Picard was drafted by the Whalers in the 9th round, 178th overall, in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft. He met with great success in the minor leagues, leading the American Hockey League in goals with 56 for the Springfield Indians in 1991, setting a franchise record while leading the team to its final Calder Cup championship.

However, Picard would never translate his earlier success to the NHL. He never played a full season in the NHL and only played in at least half of the games in a season once, which was during the 1998–1999 sseason. That season he also played in five playoff games, the only time he played in the NHL playoffs.

For the 2001–2002 season Picard played in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in Germany for the Mannheim Eagles. He then played for two years with the Grand Rapids Griffins (a team for which he played parts of six seasons in all, and is the career leader in goals, assists and points) in the AHL before joining his current team Thetford Mines Prolab. He has led the team in scoring the past three seasons and was the leading scorer in the LNAH in the 2007 season.

As of the end of the 2008 season, Picard is the 13th leading goal scorer in minor league history with 555, as well as 27th in assists with 692 and 18th in points with 1247.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1985–86	Ste-Foy	QAAA		60	36	55	91	22		—	—	—	—	—
1986–87	Trois-Rivières Draveurs	QMJHL		66	33	35	68	53		—	—	—	—	—
1987–88	Trois-Rivières Draveurs	QMJHL		69	40	55	95	71		—	—	—	—	—
1988–89	Trois-Rivières Draveurs	QMJHL		66	59	81	140	107		4	1	3	4	2
1989–90	Binghamton Whalers	AHL		67	16	24	40	98		—	—	—	—	—
1990–91	Springfield Indians	AHL		77	56	40	96	61		18	8	13	21	18
1990–91	Hartford Whalers	NHL		5	1	0	1	2		—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	Springfield Indians	AHL		40	21	17	38	44		11	2	0	2	34
1991–92	Hartford Whalers	NHL		25	3	5	8	6		—	—	—	—	—
1992–93	Kansas City Blades	IHL		33	7	10	17	51		12	3	2	5	20
1992–93	San Jose Sharks	NHL		25	4	0	4	24		—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	Portland Pirates	AHL		61	41	44	85	99		17	11	10	21	22
1994–95	Prince Edward Island Senators	AHL		57	32	57	89	58		8	4	4	8	6
1994–95	Ottawa Senators	NHL		24	5	8	13	14		—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	Ottawa Senators	NHL		17	2	6	8	10		—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	Prince Edward Island Senators	AHL		55	37	45	82	79		5	5	1	6	2
1996–97	Grand Rapids Griffins	IHL		82	46	55	101	58		5	2	0	2	10
1996–97	Västra Frölunda HC	SEL		3	0	1	1	0		—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	Grand Rapids Griffins	IHL		58	28	41	69	42		—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	St. Louis Blues	NHL		16	1	8	9	29		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Grand Rapids Griffins	IHL		6	2	2	4	2		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	St. Louis Blues	NHL		45	11	11	22	16		5	0	0	0	2
1999–00	Grand Rapids Griffins	IHL		65	33	35	68	50		17	8	9	17	4
1999–00	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		2	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL		72	31	39	70	22		10	4	5	9	4
2000–01	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		7	1	4	5	0		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Mannheim Eagles	DEL		60	24	28	52	30		12	7	6	13	4
2002–03	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL		78	32	52	84	34		15	3	1	4	8
2003–04	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL		75	17	37	54	35		4	0	0	0	2
2004–05	Thetford Mines Prolab	LNAH		60	36	55	91	22		17	6	11	17	8
2005–06	Thetford Mines Prolab	LNAH		55	50	37	87	35		18	5	15	20	12
2006–07	Thetford Mines Prolab	LNAH		48	48	51	99	18		7	6	3	9	2
2007–08	Thetford Mines Isothermic	LNAH		52	22	51	73	36		7	3	6	9	2
2008–09	Sainte-Marie Poudrelle Delta	LNAH		7	5	5	10	4		—	—	—	—	—
2008–09	Thetford Mines Isothermic	LNAH		7	3	4	7	2		1	0	1	1	0
NHL totals				166	28	42	70	103		5	0	0	0	2
LNAH totals				229	164	203	367	117		50	20	36	56	24
QMJHL totals				201	132	171	303	294		4	1	3	4	2
AHL totals				582	283	355	638	530		88	37	34	71	96
IHL totals				244	116	143	259	203		34	13	11	24	26

External links

• Michel Picard's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database